Regulation Lax as Gas Wells’ Tainted Water Hits Rivers ~ New York Times 2/26/2011

We live, work and play in one of the most beautiful places on earth.  The Finger Lakes wine country has been voted the most sought after and beautiful wine region in the world.  We cannot afford to mortgage our childrens' environment here in the Finger Lakes.  Please take a moment to click on the link below and read the landmark New York Times article about Hydrofracking.

...With hydrofracking, a well can produce over a million gallons of wastewater that is often laced with highly corrosive salts, carcinogens like benzene and radioactive elements like radium, all of which can occur naturally thousands of feet underground. Other carcinogenic materials can be added to the wastewater by the chemicals used in the hydrofracking itself...

Then take a moment to watch this video of Walter Hang of Toxics Targeting offer some sound perspectives on water quality issues that are essential to address in the Finger Lakes.

This is likely the most important environmental and economic question that most of us will ever face in the Finger Lakes.

Please consider this issue and make your voice heard.  Clicking the link below can help to deliver the message:

Coalition Letter to Governor Cuomo Regarding Executive Order No. 41: Requiring Further Environmental Review of High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing Combined With Horizontal Drilling